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Asian markets fall after US data dent rate cut hopes
Asian markets fall after US data dent rate cut hopes

Markets fell in Asia on Friday, tracking a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by a string of better-than-expected US data that added to worries the Federal Reserve will hold off on cutting interest rates this year. But she added that "at this stage, we expect the BoJ to wait until around October before increasing interest rates again".

Japan inflation slows to 2.2% in April
Japan inflation slows to 2.2% in April

The pace of Japanese inflation slowed in April to 2.2 percent as gas bills fell, government data showed Friday, with the figure remaining above the Bank of Japan's two percent target.

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